A well-designed home office eliminates clutter and promotes productivity, but the best ones inspire great thinking—and do so with style

For the interiors of screenwriter Paul Attanasio and producer Katie Jacobs’s Beverly Hills residence, Karin Blake combined East Coast tradition with an eclectic point of view. Pictured: The antique English table, bordered by vintage sewing chairs, lends Attanasio’s office the air of a workshop. “My view of myself as a writer is as a craftsman,” he says, “so it fits with my image of myself.” (December 2006)